one sees a challenge for us to live our life righteously, handle our wealth in the way god wants us to, considering the different circumstanc in which we live. you know, had this economic -- what go -- do we want to call it, muslims taking away from their faith or back to their faith, i believe it has brought them back to their faith. this is why islam now is the most powerful religion in the middle east, in the arab world, and the most -- fastest religion in america as well. >> you mean that wealth and prosperity are not ultimately fulfilling, and this creates, in at a certain point, that what you're saying? and this is true with muslims true? >> well, islam -- islamic teaching is balanced between the economic and the wealth and the spiritual well-being. so both have to go hand in hand. and when people focus only on the economic advancements without the spirituality islam says that will take them eventually to their own direction. >> imam, you know that as program proceeds we're going to be talking about what the koran says about jesus. >> yes, sir. >> and i think our audience is goin